HESA Student record 2019/20
File structures for downloadable files - Expected instance population (HE)
Version 1.0 Produced 2019-06-26
HE expected instance population
The HE expected instance population download is a list of students for whom a record is expected in the 2020/21 return. The list consists of HE level records that have been returned as 'live' in 2020/21.
This file is available as an XML file.
| Field name | Description | Element name in XML output | Field length |
| Student.HUSID | HESA unique student identifier | HUSID | 13 |
| Institution.UKPRN | UK Provider Reference Number | UKPRN | 8 |
| Instance.NUMHUS | Student instance identifier | NUMHUS | 20 |
| Instance.CAMPID | Campus identifier | CAMPID | 1 |
| NAMECAT (* see below) | Name concatenation | NAMECAT | 102 |
| Course.COURSEAIM | General qualification aim of course | COURSEAIM | 3 |
| Course.CTITLE | Course title | CTITLE | 255 |
| Student.OWNSTU | Provider's own identifier for student | OWNSTU | 20 |
| CONTINUITY_STATUS (* see below) | Continuity register status | STATUS | 2 |
| YEAR (* see below) | The year this record was last active | YEAR | 4 |
| Instance.COMDATE | Start date of instance | COMDATE | 10 |
| EntryProfile.POSTCODE | Postcode | POSTCODE | 8 |
| Student.ETHNIC | Ethnicity | ETHNIC | 2 |
| EntryProfile.DOMICILE | Domicile | DOMICILE | 2 |
| EntryProfile.YRLLINST | Year left last provider | YRLLINST | 4 |
| EntryProfile.UCASAPPID | UCAS Application Number | UCASAPPID | 9 |
| Instance.OWNINST | Provider's own identifier for instance | OWNINST | 30 |
| Course.TTCID | Teacher training course | TTCID | 1 |
| EntryProfile.QUALENT3 | Highest qualification on entry | QUALENT3 | 3 |
| Student.SEXID | Sex identifier | SEXID | 1 |
| Instance.TYPEYR | Type of instance year | TYPEYR | 1 |
| Course.COURSEID | Course identifier | COURSEID | 30 |
| Course.OWNCOURSEID | Own course identifier | OWNCOURSEID | 50 |
| Instance.INTERCALATE | Intercalation | INTERCALATE | 2 |
Download: XML Schema for the HE expected instance population file.
* Fields which do not appear in the coding manual
- NAMECAT - "Student.SURNAME (up to 100 characters) + ','+Student.FNAMES (first character)"
- Continuity_STATUS - the Continuity processing field XREG01 used to monitor which instances are live, dormant and not active.
- YEAR - The year this record was last active.
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